Pocket guard and liner for garments



Dec. 30, 1958 I A. R. CROXTON 2,865,205

POCKET GUARD AND LINER FOR GARMENTS Filed June 11, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 l INVENTOR. ALEX P. C/POXTON ATTORN Y Dec. 30, 1958 A. R CROXTON 2,366,205

POCKET GUARD AND LINER FOR GARMENTS Filed June 11, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 1 1' 4 INVENTOR.

ALEX R. CQOXTO/V United States Patent POCKET GUARD AND LINER FOR GARMENTS Alex R. Croxton, Atlanta, Ga. Application June 11, 1956, Serial No. 590,593

2 Claims. (Cl. 2-247) This invention relates to a pocket guard and liner for garments, and in particular a readily attachable and removeable guard member for the peripheral edges of pocket openings in garments and a similarly readily removeable liner for the conventional pocket of the garment.

Guards, reinforcements and protective members for the edge portions of pocket openings of garments have long been known; however, despite the common knowledge of the undue wear and friction to which pocket openings are subjected, such devices have not been widely used primarily because of the ditficulties involved in the application of such devices without change and modification of the garment itself and .due to the complicated structures which have been proposed. In most instances such devices have to be specifically designed to meet the specific shape, size and style of the garment pocket opening to which they are to be applied; and, furthermore, it has usually been necessary to modify the garment itself in some manner. Furthermore, it will be obvious that such prior known structures have been difiicult of attachment and detachment and in many instances are not readily applicable from one garment to another.

It is therefore among the primary objects of the present invention to provide a pocket guard for the opening edges surrounding garment pocket apertures which will be simple in construction, rugged and durable and well designed to meet the demands of economic manufacture.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a guard of the character set forth which may be readily applied to and removed from a garment without the necessity of any modification of the garment in order to receive and retain such guard.

A further object of the present invention is to provide the combination of a pocket guard and a pocket liner which may be removably secured to a garment so as to protect the pocket openings thereof and at the same time to provide a pocket itself which may be detachably secured with the guard.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a pocket guard which may be readily secured and detached in appropriate position and secured against inadvertent movement from such position and without necessity of permanent stitching or securing means interconnected with the material of the garment itself.

More specifically, it is an object of the present invention to provide a pocket guard and liner which may be conveniently retained in appropriate position by the normal belt for the garment.

Numerous other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from consideration of the following specification taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 illustrates the protective liner as applied to a conventional pair of trousers.

Fig. 2 is a view illustrating the guard and liner of the present invention in open position showing the front and rear elements thereof.

, 2,866,205 Patented Dec. 30, 1958 Fig. 3 is an inside view of the pocket and liner taken from the side obverse of that shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 2.

It will of course be obvious that in the practice of the present invention various elements may be modified in accordance with specific requirements; however, in that form of the invention here shown by way of illustration the pocket liner and guard construction includes forward and rear protective members united at top and bottom and providing an intermediate opening corresponding to the opening of the normal garment pocket. These members are of course formed of leather, plastic, treated textile or other suitable highly wear resistant material. At the upper edges of the united members, vertical slits are provided to receive therethrough the supporting belt of the garment to thus retain the pocket in appropriate position without requiring any alteration or modification of the garment itself. The liner of the present invention is secured to both of said members, being open therebetween so as to permit access to the pocket liner. The liner is formed with side, bottom and top closures so as to form a complete pocket which may rest within the normal garment pocket and which will receive the frictional wear and other damaging factors to which the normal pocket would otherwise be subjected.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the garment to which the present form of invention is shown as applied is a conventional pair of trousers generally indicated by the numeral 10, which are provided with the usual side pocket opening. As more clearly shown in Fig. 4, the front pocket edge 11 confronts the rear pocket opening edge 12 and defines the pocket opening 13 to which the normal pocket material 14 is secured by conventional stitching as at 15. The guard itself includes a forwardly extending piece of wear resisting material, such as leather or the like, indicated at 16 and formed with a wide upper portion 17 designed to extend above the pocket opening and provide it with vertical slits 18 defining belt receiving tunnel 19 by which the protector is secured in appropriate position. Below the substantially rectangular portion 17, the forward edge of the forward element 16 may curve rearwardly and downwardly to form an edge 20 of any appropriate design to meet the demands of artistic taste. Associated with the forward element 16 is a rear element 21, having a top elongate section 22 corresponding to the section 17, and united thereto in any suitable manner as by the stitching indicated at 23. The rear element is also provided with vertical slits 24, defining belt tunnel 25, and the rear edge of the rear element is shown at 26 to he downwardly and inwardly curved in conformity with the artistic design which is to be carried out. At the lower end of the elements 16 and 21, their confronting faces are joined by stitching 28 conforming with the stitching 23 to unite the elements at their upper and lower portions, leaving therebetween an unsecured opening 30 through which the hand may be extended for access to the liner hereinafter referred to.

For forming the liner, the confronting edges of the intermediate portions of the front and rear elements are formed with return bent flange-like webs 31 and 32, respectively, to which the open edges of an otherwise enclosed envelope-like pocket 'liner 33 is attached, the liner being formed in normal pocket design, but of such diminished dimension as to be received conveniently within the usual pocket 14, as shown in Fig. 4. The bottom 35 and rear edge 36 are stitched to form an enclosure as is the top edge 37. As is shown here, the liner is formed of a single piece of material, the front edge 34 constituting a return portion of the maten'al, leaving the open edges to be secured to the flange-like panels 31 and 32. D

From the foregoing it will be seen that, when the protective liner is to be used, theliner is inserted in the usual pocket of the garment and the supporting belt for the garment is woven through at 19 and 25 to hold the liner in outstretched position across the pocket opening of the garment with the intermediate unstitched opening between the elements conforming to and registering with the pocket opening of the garment. It will be seen that the suspension of the device by the normal belt for the garment provides ready support which maintains appropriate registration of the device, and that such support and registration are obtained without the use of any modification of the garment itself or without .any securing means other than the belt. Hence there is no modification of the garment and no securing of the garment between it and the protector and liner, and the structure provides for the ready removal of the protector to be used on other garments as desired. It will of course be noted that, when the hand is to be inserted in the liner, the reinforced leather edges of the unsecured edges between the front and the rear element receive the frictional wear, and that the liner receives the hand and relieves the garment pocket 14 from wear and abrasion or tearing. As noted, the edges of the elements are figured to provide such artistic embellishments as may be desired. In practice, it will of course be understood that the invention is not limited nor confined to the specific details herein shown, and that numerous changes, modifications, and the full use of equivalents may be resorted to in the practice of the invention without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as defined in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A pocket guard and liner for the vertically open side pockets of a pair of trousers including a pocket shaped liner having an opening, and a guard fastened to said liner at said opening including forwardly and rearwardly extending wear resistant elements joined together above the top of said liner, each of said elements being adapted to fold over and lie against a garment surface adjacent the pocket opening thereof and to extend thereabove, the upward extending portion defining belt receiving loops forwardly and rearwardly of said opening.

2. A pocket guard and liner for a side pocket of a garment including, a pocket shaped liner having a side opening, a guard fastened to said liner at said opening for supporting said liner forwardly of said opening, said guard including forwardly and rearwardly extending wear resistant elements joined together above the top of said liner, said rearwardly extending element being of larger area than said forwardly extending element, each of said elements being adapted to fold over and lie against a garment surface adjacent the side pocket opening thereof and to extend thereabove, the upwardly extending portion defining belt receiving loops forwardly and rearwardly of said opening.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 623,460 Bishop Apr. 18, 1899 689,843 Atkins Dec. 31, 1901 887,479 Jones May 12, 1908 1,150,432 Hess Aug. 17, 1915 

